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Re: Starting seeds indoors...

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Dawn ... your message made me chuckle!  But it also gave me the idea to
plant sunflowers in the house.  Good luck!   ... Nickie

----- Original Message -----
From: Dawn Gilmore <dgilm@starbase21.com>
Subject: Starting seeds indoors...


> Hello all...
>
> Okay, just a quick question.  Grandma thought it would be fun to start
some
> seeds indoors with my kids last week.  So she planted SUNFLOWERS!  Now, I
> have 3 inch tall seedlings in egg cartons...  I am going to make some
paper
> pots with the kids today, and hope to keep them alive until we can move
> them to the garden.  My concern is this...  first of all we are zone
> 4-ish...  And it snowed yesterday, ie we are still two months from our
last
> spring frost.
>
> How do I keep sunflowers happy in paper pots for two months, and can I
> prevent them from getting to be six feet tall in that two months, without
> stunting their growth in the long run.  Secondly, I was looking at the egg
> cartons, and they were definitely overwatered in my children's enthusiasm.
> There is a layer of mold in some places.  Do I need to be concerned about
> this?  Will it cause damping off?  Or should I just move the dirt from the
> egg cartons to the paper pots, mold and all?
>
> Finally....  I know to plant them on the north end of the garden, but does
> anyone know the spacing?  Can I plant two or three in a single small paper
> pot, or do they each need to be separate?  If I remember correctly, the
> sunflowers I've planted in the past didn't seem to root very deeply, but
it
> seemed that the roots spread out like rays.
>
> I am prepared, if necessary to tell the kids "so sorry, they died, guess
> we'll have to replant OUTDOORS where there is room for them to grow!" and
> turn it into a gardening lesson.  Any advice?? (She could have planted
bird
> seed like I suggested!)
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Dawn
>
>
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